Improvement in oilees



. @Mitbieten gefilmt @Hite GARDINER L. I-IOLT, OF SPRINGFIELD, "MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGrlNTORV TO' HIMSELF AND JAMES M. THOMPSN; i

Letters Patent No. 64,014, dated 41pm? 23, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN OILERS.

T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN: v

Be it known that I, GARDINER L. HOLT, of Springfield, I-Iampden county, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new-and improved Oil Can; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. `In the drawingsl Figure 1 is a plan View of the bottom of my oil can, showing my invention; and

Figure 2 is a sideview and partial section of the saine.

My invention consists of an arrangement placed in the bottom of an oil can against which the bottom, which is flexible, strikes when it is pressed in, in order to force the oil in small quantities out of the spout. It also consists ot' a circle of lead or other suitable substance placed inside of the can around theeircuinferenoe of the bottom, whereby the can is prevented from being upset, or is recovered if such should be the case.

In construction, I form my invention ofone or more wires or bars ruiming across the bottom :part of the can, in any direction desired, at a suliicient height above the bottom flexible part t0 allowthe latter to be pressed in, but preventing it from'being forced in too much by supporting it before such could be the case. These wires may b e attached into the leaden ringor ballast, or they may be attached directly to the sides ofthe can, either part being used separately or in combination, as may be desired. My oil can is formed of two semisphcrical parts, which are attached together by brazing or other suitable means-after the apparatus-described is arranged inside.

the leaden ring around the bottom. In iig. 1 the bars la b are show-n as being inserted at the ends into the ring B, allowing suicient room for the exible bottom C to'be pressed in, yet supporting it at a certaindistanco from its original position and causing' it to ily back again when released from pressure, so that it cannot remain permanently set in. Y I

The advantages of this arrangement are that the bottom ofthe oil can cannot be pressed in too muon, thereby forcing out more oil thanwould be necessary, nor can it be cracked around its circumference, as is frequently the caseafter some use, by the metal being too much bent While the leaclen ballast prevents the oil can from being turned over unless considerable force is applied, and even then recovers itselil when released, the wires across the bottoni, as has been stated before, cause the bottom to ily back again, thereby readjusting it, when otherwise it might be pushed in too far to recover itself, and would rernain set in.

Now, havingdescribed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the ringBand one or more bars, a b, arranged and constructed substantially as set forth.

Witnesses:

J. B. GAnDlNnn, E. J. FROST.

In the drawings, A is the body of the oil can, having the bars a b and c stretched across the bottom. B is 

